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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11

classes and social gatherings as we'll,
Mr.. Betcher was active from the first.
But there were many sides to his life.
Winter after winter be continued his
lecture tours throughout the country,
which were begun before the war. Al
ways popular, he drew great audiences
constantly. At public meetings, at
temperance assemb lies and at great
dinners, particularly those of the New
England Society, Mr.. Beecher was q
regular speaker One of his most elo-
quent addresses here was at mass
meeting held to take action in regard
to the old Five Points. From his al
most ceaseless act witty with voice and
pen he escaped whenever escape was
possible to mis- Peekskill farm, where
lie reveled in flowers and vegetables,
the pIize cattle, the fresh sir and the
out OF door life in which his soul de-
lighted. Later some Of hie summers
vera spent in the White mountains,
and many summer travellers will re-
member Mr.. Beecher's sermons at the
Twin Mountain House. Strongly do
mestic as well as social in his tastes,
his home life aud the life in the cir
Gle Of warm friends about him was a
delightful one. The years passing
one by one left him still
energetic, active, INTENSE in everything,
happy in his work; bis church pros
pairing, his fame spreading. Mr..
Beecher has since labored IS before,
though OF late he has written less than
formerly, and several years ago gave
up bis position as editor of The Chris
tian Union. He has spoken often, how
ever, at temperance conventions, polit-
ical meetings, and some public din
ners In the campaign of 1880 he
spoke and voted for the candidate of
the Republican party. Although some
years ago an associate pastor was taken
to aid him in his church, Mr.. Beecher
has continued to preach every Sunday
when in Brooklyn and to conduct the
weekly prayer meetings. Just before
the National Convention of 1884, Mr..
Beecher declared publicly in Chicago
the impossibility OF his ever aiding, un-
der any conceivable circumstances, Il Q
Democratic party; but in the CAM
paign that followed he srdently sup
poibeui Wy POh anu toiCot tuo OomO-
cratic candidates. He devoted the
sun msr Of 1885 to lectnring tour in
Great Britain, preaching also frequent
ly in Non-Conformist churches. Upon
his return he resumed his duties in
the pulpit of Plymouth Church, and
has been able to continue this service
up to the present time with his accus-
toned regularity. Twice during the
past year lie has responded to toasts at
public dinners-at the st. Patrick's
day dinner in March, and the dinner
to he artist Munkacsy, in November,
and it cannot be said that the last
twelve months of his long life were
marked by the indisposition to mental
and physical activity which usually
accompanies old age.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
The Dukes OF Westminster and
ArEylt Withdraw fron the Amert.
GAS xhlbiiiOn OsuaciI,

LONDON, March 10-The Duke of
Westmi ste- and the Ddke OF AR.
have withdrawn from the Honorary
Council of the Anne icaa Exhibition
owing to the manner in which their
names are mentioned in q pc ition to
the Prince # Wales TO accept the
Presidency Of the council If the ex.
nibinon, and also, they sta e, because
they h We learned that the exhibition
is purely a private speculation. The
pelit on to tho Prince, which the
MAJ ayers of the exhibition are hand.
ing around for zig ,atuIes, assures the
Prince that Americans hold him in
high esteem, al d humbly begs that he
will be Praciously please to accept the
houorary Presidency of the ounc of
the exhibition. which will be livirg
proof that Anne icaus desire to aid in
the celebration the Queen's Jubilee.
That the Prince will decline the office
is foreg me conclusion.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
MIS-. NERBE,S FUNERAL
Services 10 he Very DemoDstTative-
n Ned Flag Affair.

CHICAGO, March l0.-0scar Neebe,
trday selected Paul Grottkau and
George schlling to deliver the ora.ions
at his wife's funeral services at M i'll.
er's Hall Sunday. Grottkau was
spes's predecessor as editor OF the Ar.
better Zeitung and was a prominent
figure in the riots al Milwaukee last
spring SchilliBg Is a noted local
Sofia list labor agitator and ward poll
tician, Nothing of religious char
acter will enter into the ceremonies.
1t has been decided that the procession
win only accompany the corpse to the
city limits. Cnief Of Police Ebersold
says no special police arrangements
have been made ye: regarding the
prop 1sed denomination. He under
stands that "it 10 not to be a red flag
affair" The Central Labor Union
members say they will carry the reQu.
lation banners Of the various societies
composing the organic tion. Should
they do 30, there will be no absence OF
rad flags, for the societies and their
1900 members are almost without
exception radically socialistic, and
their bunting is OF the most vivid
crimson. Each society Is providing
itself with band OF music for the ac-
casioD. Sber q Ma ton today decid-
cd that Nesbe shou d, unmsnscled, be
allowed to accompany his wile's corpse
to the cemetery, guarded by q single
deputy.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
MEMPHIs DAILY APPEAL--FRIDAY. MARCH II, 1887

Wurtemberg. the FRINGE Of the House
Of Baden and Hohenzollern, Prince
Louis OF Bavaria and the Duchess of
Ssxe-Coburg end Sake MeiniDgen are
coming 10 take par, in Emperor Will
Jams birthday festivities. 1t is stated
that eighty members of the Royal
families will be present on the oc-
casion. The Emperor is very gratified
at theee universal re marks OF esteem.
The Prince of Wales is expacted on
the Goth inst. He will sojourn here
one week.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
The Fatal COLLABORATION OF N Family
FEM.

CHICAGO, ILL, March 10.-A Times
special flom Salem, ILL.,, ssys: An old
feud between the Hanks, Combs aud
Rob families of Omega township,
eliminated last night at church gath
ering 10 a genera cutting and $40 IT.
ing affray. Austin Hanks clipped up
behind Charles Rlberts, who was es-
corting two young ladies into the
church, and struck him on the head
with a harrow oil, cutting frghtfuI
cash. b fore Roberts could release
himself from the iadie', a pts oil shot
was fred by some unknown party,
believed to bs one of the Combs boys.
The ball cut through one OF Roberts
fingers aud en- cred the palm OF his
hand. At this juuoture Roberts drew
his revolver and hegan firing, the see.
ond shot Il rcd taking effect la Austin
HsDks's abdomen, and when his fol-
lowers saw their leader fall, they at
once ceased hostilitips. Roberts was
Immediately placed under arrest, and
his preliminary trial is now ia pro
Rress. There are 30 many witnesses
the trial will probably last all night.
Hanks lies between life and death.
The parties are all prominent citiz ,ns.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
THE CANADIAN BISHOP
Paving Way 90 Back ROWn ON
the Lat. r Question.

NRw YoRK, March l0-A Montreal
snerial saya: The following from
DEleciuer Is believed to have been iu-
spiIed from the Cardinals palace to
pave the way for backdown on the
part of His Eminence OF Quebec:
Cardinal Gibbons, who went to
r me at the same time as Cardinal
Tdschereau, has made to his III illness
a report favorable to the organization
II the Knights OF Lab n a. constituted
in the Uni'ed States. S mo may think
there Is diverEenre OF opinion on the
subject be ween the two Cardinals
T1is 10 a wong imp ession; il is not
Cardinal Tascheresu himself who con.
demned the league Of thu X lights of
LibJr. When II Was established In Que.
b c, His EN- nencs forwarded to the
Saoied Propaganda at Rome the rules
aud proSrs nme Of the new society,
aud in a pastoral Letter which he ad-
dressed his clergy on the same subj act
he confined him elf to communicating
to ibis hlCk the instructions re-
celved from Rome. We have it on
good authority that there is no diver
Rency Of opinion whatever between
the two American Cardinals relative
to the orthodoxy OF the society of the
Knights o. Labor. The q testion is at
this moment submitted 10 His Holt
mess, and whatever may be the decis.
i'm, which seems to be favorable to
the KNIGHTS, 1t will be accepted with
submissiveness by the faithful Cana
dlaA"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
Assured That Ru .sia IL Not Massins
Troops.

LONDON, March l0.-Jsmes Fergu-
son, Parliamentary Secretary for the
Colonial Office, stated in The House of
Commons this afternoon that the rail-
way being constr ucted by the Russian
Government from the eastern shore OF
the Caspian SEA-, has reached Cha Jul,
on the River Oxus. Sir James added
that the British Government had no
reason TO believe that Russia was
maBsing troops there.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
The Terry Gaze.

LONDON, March 1O.-Lord George
Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty,
replying in the House of Commons,
this evening, to questions with refer
ence to the dismi ssal Of the Draughts-
man Terry for selling naval secrets,
said that, in the interest OF the public,
1t was not desirable to reveal the
name OF the person who OBJ aimed the
information or the object for which it
was bought. He was unable to state
whether Terry could be indicted for
perjury or not.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
A Minisrer seeAInx NotOriety,

NEW HAVEN, CoNN, March TO-
Rev. Alexander E Duncan, gradu-
ate OF MCGiil Uoiver.ity, Of Canada,
who is tsking a years couse of stddy
al the Yale theological Seminary, has
made formal complaint against Prot.
John Il, Russell WlDklty, pr fe4eor OF
Biblical theology, alleging that his
teat hiDGs are hereticAl, in that he de-
MES the divinity OF Christ. The pro-
fsfsors intimate tina. Duncan seeks
not0riety.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
LATEST NEWS.


New York, March 10. - Jabt,
Turner, a veteran of the war OF 1872,
died here today aged 90 years.
Jacksonville, Fla, Msrch l0.-Sens.
tor sherman and psr,y life for South
For da and Ha,an this afternoon.
B'Bton, Mas, March 10.--ThA
Honse this ats noon, by a vote Of 81
to 81, defeated the woman suffrage
resolution.
Newport News, Mich, March TO-
Zoe % DJmniJn Line steamer
Richmond which, win the steamer
Wysn IKE, OF TIE same line, went to
M, M assistance If he stranded ste amer
hnel oas arrived here with 200 Of
the latter's passengers.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
A DEADLY ARRAY.
Fathers and sons Engage I'm q Bra
tai Combat.

NEW ORLEANS, La, March 10-A
special to the Tins Democrat from
Fsyette, Miss. says: A deadly ARRAY
occurred here today between man
named Orr and his three sons, all
armed with revolvers, and Lud
Ohurchwell and bis two sons, the
former being armed with a shotgun
and the latter with axes. la the fight
Lud Ohurchwsll WAS killed and one
Of his sons was MORALLY wounded.
james Orr was also killed and his
brother Asa was badly hurt. A 8.
Orr was killed by a pistol shot. 1t is
thought that the shot was inflicted by
one OF their own party, a. their auta-
gonists had no pistols.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
mr.. Baldwin Has NOthlnE Further
10 say.

SAN Francisco, March l0-E. J.
Baldwin was shown the second reply
made yesterday by Mr.. Mo'rissey re-
garding tn PROPOSE d race between the
latter's NJ ontana Regent and the
formers Vosnte. To til Mr.. Bald
win said: II have nothing further to
say 10 answer 10 Mr. Molrissey, only
to Teiterats my previous answer. If
conditions contained III, rein are not
accepted it ends the mater, as | pre-
yiously stated.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
AFRICA.
sta ley Arrives at Cape Town.

~ 'N' - S"Fo ApWhs
CAPETowN, March lO.-rhe Stanley
expedition { the relief Of Emin Bsy,
which left Zinzlb.r about two weeks
ago, arrived here last evening. 1t will
poo ed today to the Congo river, and
Mr. Stanley says hs will get there by
The Is h instant, three days ear Ter
Ihsn he had Expect, d to. The men
composing the expedition are all in
hue cond ton. There has 80 far been
neither sickness nor deseItion among
them.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
John Bright ON the KebeIs I'm Ire
land

LoND,N, March l1.-John Bright,
writing t. correspondent, says: "The
Rebel prty in Ireland have all the
IA k on their side. II 100000 loya,
Protestants and 1.0OO,00 honest,
moral Catholics, who opposed to
the agitators, are compelled to keep si-
leEce by taOir Bishops and pritsts,
c iuld unite their forces, they would
greatly strengthen the government
a. d the cause of order. am unable
to point how to do thie, but it ought
t. be done if it is in any way posi-
ble."
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
EGYPT.
Compelled 10 Provide for the Deficit
fn Her Budgst.

fan Her Budgst.
LONDON, March 10.-Iu the debate
in the House OF Comm ns tonight on
the Egyptian credits. Mr.. Goschen,
chancellor of the Exchequer, con-
frmed the report that the government
had decided to cease granting subven-
tons for the Egyptian army aud the
deferse OF Sus kim, thus compelling
Egypt to provide for the deficit IN her
budget or to suspend payment of in
teTest on the national debt. The
latter course would necessitats meet.
log OF the International Commission
t. bring about final settlement of the
English proposition With reference to
Egypt.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
Mr.. BeerbeE's ENIRte Estimated 10
be worth 100000

New York, Narch l0.-Ths Tribune
estimates t1at Mr.. Betcher's earnings
du,i & is lifetime we're ST, 0OO, 900, OF
whic 500, COO was a, pastor, $500, 900
a lectu er aud S2O0,0O0 as a author.
One If his leaning psrishiouers es.
umstes his estate at 500 600, his fer n
al PeeSehiil worth $4,000, au iusuc-
ancs of $25 600 on his life, and his
house in Brooklyn,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
GER NANY.
The Doings Of the ReIchs,a.

BERLIN, M rch l0.-rhe R-ichstag
to-day approved the est mates ( r the
INperial Chancellor aud FIreign
Ministry, Replying in the R sichstag
to an II quiry by Prvf. Vvrchow con-
cernir < the subvenlion granted to the
German African Society, Prince Bis
marck said that the inteud-d explora.
lions in the regions back Of the Cam.
eroons country had both sci, nrific a d
practical objects. The complaint that
the am unit fixed in the budget was
not to be exclusively applied to ex.
pl rAtioDs in Central Afric,, he said,
was uuwarTanted. The m ney WAS to
be devoted to explors ious through 1ut
the unknown cou try back OF the
Camer1ons Terrific y, where g, rmany
had no competition to ar. Ths
Rdchrtchten says 1t hes authority FIR
the etstement that tine reports that
cruelties had been practietd upon pc
iitical pri onsrs In BulRuia wtr4
8 a,ted ny tha wife OF NJ Karavo of,
through NJ F escN, the French diplo-
nealic g mt AZ Sofi,. The official pa
ners hsre ex res this opinion that
Rlssis will matt taiu toward Bilg aria
an expectsnt at ude, which viii lend
toward the prese'v ton of peace.
The Emperor'a B,rIh0ay EIshIy
Members of the kOyal Family IO
De Present.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-11
Political Prisoners do Not OOna-
p,a,n OF Their 1restmenI In Bui-
EariA.

LokD On, March 10.-In the House
OF Commons this evening Mr.. Fergu-
son, Under Foreign Secretary, said
that the government had caused in.
Quiries to be made in Bulgaria with
references to the report, that the poit-
ical prisoners had been matrsated,
and 1t had been learned from officials
In Sofia who had visited the pri oners
that the latter had no Complaints to
make alb )ut their treatment.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21

AS dignified body, the English
House of Lords is hard ly model In
d recent speech In. that body, Major
Saunderson charged that the National
League was supported mainly by
criminals, dynamiters, and murderers
across tie Atlantic" Whereupon, 3,
Hon. HeaIy "had no hesitation in
saying that Major Saunderson was a
liar" Upon being requested to with
draw the obnoxious expression, by
the Speaker, Mr.. Healy modestly de
clined, and after a wOrdy warfare,
he was suspended until the next sit
ting. In the meantime, the Major
continued in much the same strain of
elegant allusiOn to members of the
League, which soon brought Hon.
Redmond to his feet, to gracefully
sustain Mr.. Heally in his emphatic
reference to the veracity of the noble
Major, shouting, d" say he is liar,
too" which brought round of cheers
from the Parnellites. AS the Major
proceeded he became more specific in
his charges against members of the
League, when Mr.. Sexton volunteered
the mildly interruptive statement, the
speaker was willful, cowardly liar
rounding off with the friendly assur-
ance, eff I only met you outside OF
the door of the House, 1 would thrash
you within an inch of your life."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21

BY reason of an apparently unjust
demand, whereby the employees seek
to divide the profits with their en-
ployers in st. Louis, every stove
foundry in the country will probably
be closed in few days. The st. Louis
firms are members of the =" Stove
Founders Defense Association," or
ganized into districts throughout the
country. In order to sustain the st.
Louis firms in their fight with the
molders, their patterns are being or
dered into other establish ments, to
enable them to fill their orders. The
National Molders' Association have
ordered a boycott on these patterns,
consequently thousands of men are
already out of employment, and their
number will be increased AS the pat
terms are ordered into other districts,
only o be rejected by the work men.
A little common sense, in place of ar
rogaut and MUST demands on the part
of labor, would go a great way in pre-.
venting such causeless antagonism be
tween forces whose mutual strength
and success lies in harmony.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21
Destructive Prairie Fires.


Prairie fires, disastrous to life and
property, have been sweeping over
large tracts in Kansas and Nebraska.
A dispatch of the 18th inst. says that
no less than fifteen persons have been
burned to death by the prairie fires,
which, starting near Nicodemus, Ora.
ham county, have swept north west on
an air line into Forton county, de-
stroying everyth ng in path that in
places is from two and half to seven
miles wide-a great roaring sea of
flame, rolling in tremendous sheets
under the impetus of the high wind
prevailing at the time. A large mum
ber of cattle, sheep and hogs were de-
strOyed, and families escaping, have
nothing but barren waste blackened
by The deyoniing flames, to turn to in
,helr suffering and destitute condition.
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., the
18th inst, says along the branch of
the Burlington q Missouri Railroad a
large numbar of settlers have lost ev-
erything by the prairie fires. It is
said that for miles every foot of the
ground is burned over. In Sheridan
and Gosper counties four lives were
lost. For a distance of thirty miles
not one house in three remained un-
scGthed. A large force of railroad
workmen were surrounded by the
flames, while in camp, and barely es-
capped, leaving their tents, clothes,
and everything behind to be consurn-
ed. 1t is estimated that at least doz
en- lives have been lost,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21

San FRANCISCO ALTA: After all ,
the greatest fishery trouble is when
they won't bite.
The Connecticut State Senate, on
Tuesday last, in concurrence with the
House, passed the bill described as
the prohibition of Pinkerton detec-
tiyss. 1t forhids the appointment as
special police within the State of any
persons not residents of the State, or
as constables, policemen, etc.
AS BETWEEN the workhOuse and a
stepmother, a Chicago boy who
brought up in the Cleveland Police
Court the other day on the charge of
vsgrancy, chose the former, to which
Judge Hutchins mercifully consigned
him for thirty days, and $40 costs. "
JUSTICE is largely tempered with
humor, if not mercy, when meted out
by Judge Hutchins, of the Cleveland
Police Court. A tramp who had re-
lieved a lady of gold watch, after
she had given him his breakfast, was
arraigned before him. Among other
things lacking in the make up of the
culprit, was a total loss of hair. "You
had better stolen a wig than watch"
remarked his honor, as he gave him
thirty days and $50 costs.
1T is hardly to be supposed that
Mwanga, King of Uganda, Africa.
who has arrived at the mature age Of
IS, would be an easy convert to the
modern doctrine of "woman's rights"
suffrage, unless he could
hold his own household well in
hand, as he already has one thousand
" blushiug brides" to relieve his home
of the solitude incident to skepticism
that does not give heed to the injunc-
ton, "it is not good for man to he
alone"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21
Destructive q, ,c,ons.

About 3o'clock last Friday AFTERNOON
a destructive cyclone swept over Bel
mont and the southern portion of Co.
,inbiana counties. At st. Clairsville
the principal business portion of the
place was wrecks entai!ing much
.ffering an d loss. Three persons are
reported injured, one fatally. Horses
hitched in the streets we're blown
about like chaff. A scantling is said
to have sailed through the air for
mile and cut as clean a hole in the
two wallis of brick house as could a
be made by cannon ball. Shingles
We're driven through weather boards
like arrows. No casualties to persons
are reported, the funnel shaped cloud
having been seen approaching by the
inhabitants of the town in time to
take refuge In cellars. A large list of
individual losses is reported from the
surrounding country. Horses and cat
| tie were lifted from their feet and car
risd hundreds of yards. Large tracts
of forests were Frustrated, buildings
and fences destroyed. and wreck and
ruin mark its course and power.
At Martins Ferry, the destructive
force of the cyclone was most severely
felt. From seventy five to one hun
dred houses were damaged. Several
casualties, some it is feared fatal, are
reported. When the storm struck the
river the water shot up in perpen
dicular wall about twenty feet. ane
then fell back in frothy ,seething foam
and simultaneously shower of fenc'
boards, shingles, posts and timbers
with some large sections of houses
fell in the turbulent waters. The riv
er for miles was strewn with wreck
age. The aggregate loss is estimate'
at $3.50. 900,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21

GOV. HILL, of New York, has We
toed the Crosby high license bill re-
Gently enacted by the Republican leg
i,lature of the State, for the double
purpose of embarrassing him, and
making capital for the Republican
marty in the cities of New York and
Brooklyn. AS to the alleged motives
actuating the legislature in passing
hill. he says: "While the question of
temperance is not party question,
and can not we'll be made such, yet it
Ia impossible to ignore the political
asuect of the measure, especially where
1t ia we'll known that its support was
made the subject of consideration at q
party caucus of the majority of the
legislature, and where it has been in
xeniously devised and peculiarly franz
ed 40 as to operate solely upon the
two great Democratic constituencies
of the State, while Republican cities
and constituencies are exempted from
its BURDEN
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21
Excitement in Texas.

Great excitement has been caused
in the vicinity of Paris, Tex, by the
remai kable recovery of Mr.. ]. E. Cor
ley, who was so helpless he could not
tarn in bed, or raise his head; every
body said he was dying of Consump.
ton. A trial bottle of DIR. Kings New
Discovery was sent him, Finding re-
lief, he bought a large bottle and q
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills: by
the time he had taken two boxes of
Pills and two bottles of the Discovery,
he was well and had gained in flesh
thirty six pounds. Trial bottles of
this Great Discovery for Cons umption
free at q. P Reeds